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over it, it is gone; and the place. If I take the wings of the morn. thereof shall know it no more. ing, and remain in the uttermost

But the merciful goodness of the parts of the sea;

Lord endureth for ever and ever

Even there also shall thy hand

upon those who fear him; and his lead me, and thy right hand shall righteousness upon children's chil-hold me.

dren;

If I say, Peradventure the darkEven upon such as keep his cov-ness shall cover me; then shall my enant, and think upon his com-night be turned to day. mandments to do them.

Yea, the darkness is no dark

The Lord hath prepared his seatness with thee, but the night is as

in heaven, and his kingdom ruleth over all.

clear as the day; the darkness and light to thee are both alike.

O praise the Lord, ye Angels of For my reins are thine; thou hast his, ye that excel in strength; ye covered me in my mother's womb. that fulfil his commandment, and I will give thanks unto thee, for I hearken unto the voice of his words. jam fearfully and wonderfully made: O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts; Marvellous are thy works, and that ye servants of his, that do his plea-my soul knoweth right well.

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O speak good of the Lord, all ve works of his, in all places of his dominion: Praise thou the Lord, O my soul.

SELECTION II. From Psalm 139. Domine, basti.

My bones are not hid from thee, though I be made secretly, and fashioned beneath in the earth.

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book were all my members written. Which day by day were fashionpro-led, when as yet there was none of them,

Lord, thou hast searched me How dear are thy counsels unto out, and known me; thou know-me, O God; O how great is the est my down-sitting, and mine up-sum of them!

rising; thou understandest my If I tell them, they are more in thoughts long before. number than the sand; when I wake up, I am present with thee.

Thou art about my path, and about my bed, and spiest out all my ways.

For lo, there is not a word in my tongue, but thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether.

Thou hast fashioned me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me; I cannot attain unto it.

Whither shall 1 go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence?

If I climb up into heaven, thou art there; if I go down to hell, thou art there also,

Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart; prove me, and examine my thoughts.

Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 145. Exaltabo te, Deus.
Will magnify thee, O God, my
King, and I will praise thy name
for ever and ever.

Every day will I give thanks unto thee, and praise thy name for ever and ever,

Great is the Lord, and marvellous, worthy to be praised; there is no end of his greatness.

One generation shall praise thy

works anto another, and declare SELECTION III. thy power.

From Psalm 51. Miserere mei, As for me, I will be talking of

Deus. thy worship, thy glory, thy praise, and wondrous works;

HA [AVE mercy upon me, O God, So that men shall speak of the after thy great goodness; acmight of thy marvellous acts; and cording to the multitude of thy I will also tell of thy greatness. mercies, do away mine offences.

The memorial of thine abundant Wash me thoroughly from my kindness shall be showed, and men wickedness, and cleanse me from shall sing of thy righteousness.

my sin : The Lord is gracious and mer- For I acknowledge my faults, and ciful; long-suffering, and of great my sin is ever before me. goodness.

Against thee only have I sinned, The Lord is loving unto every man, and done this evil in thy sight, that and his mercy is over all his works. thou mightest be justified in thy

All thy works praise thee, O saying, and clear when thou art Lord; and thy saints give thanks judged. unto thee.

Behold, I was shapen in wicked. They show the glory of thy king-ness, and in sin hath my mother dom, and talk of thy power;

conceived me. That thy power, thy glory, and But lo, thou requirest truth in mightiness of thy kingdom, might the inward parts, and shalt make be known unto men.

me to understand wisdom secrctly. Thy kingdom is an everlasting Thou shalt purge me with hys. kingdom, and thy dominion endu- sop, and I shall be clean ; thou shalt reth throughout all ages. wash me, and I shall be whiter than

The Lord upholdeth all such as snow. fall, and lifteth up all those who are Thou shalt make me hear of joy down.

and gladness, that the bones which The eyes of all wait upon thee, thou hast broken may rejoice. O Lord, and thou givest them their Turn thy face from my sins, and meat in due season.

put out all my misdeeds. Thou openest thine hand, and Make me a clean heart, O God, fillest all things living with plente- and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from thy preThe Lord is righteous in all his sence, and take not thy Holy Spirit ways, and holy in all his works. from me.

The Lord is nigh unto all them O give me the comfort of thy that call upon him; yea, all such as help again, and stablish me with call upon him faithfully.

thy free Spirit. He will fulfil the desire of those Then shall I teach thy ways unto who fear bim; he also will hear the wicked, and sinners shall be their cry, and will help them. converted unto thee.

The Lord preserveth all those Deliver me from blood-guiltiness,

ho love him; but scattereth abroad O God, thou that art the God of my a!l the ungodly.

health; and my tongue shall sing of My mouth shall speak the praise thy righteousness. of the Lord: and let all flesh give Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, thanks unto his holy name for ever and my mouth shall show thy praisc, and ever.

For thou desirest no sacrifice,

ousness.

else would I give it thee; but thou, For they shall soon be cut down delightest not in burnt-offerings. like the grass, and be withered even

The sacrifice of God is a troubled as the green herb, spirit: a broken and contrite heart, Ó God, shalt thou not despise. From Psalm 42. Quemadmodum. IKE as the hart desireth the L water brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God.

My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God: When shall 1 come to appear before the pre-[ sence of God.

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My tears have been my meat day and night; while they daily say unto me, Where is now thy God?

Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good; dwell in the and, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thou in the Lord, and he shall give thee thy heart's desire.

Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trust in him, and he shall bring it to pass.

He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light; and thy just dealing as the noon-day.

Hoki thee still in the Lord, and abide patiently upon him; but grieve Now when I think thereupon, Inot thyself at him whose way doth pour out my heart by myself; for I prosper, against the man that doeth went with the multitude, and brought after evil counsels. them forth into the house of God, In the voice of praise and thanksgiving, among such as keep holy-day. Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul? and why art thou so disquieted within me?

Put thy trust in God; for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance.

Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure; fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil.

Wicked doers shall be rooted out; and they that patiently abide the Lord, those shall inherit the land.

Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone; thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away.

But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth, and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace.

The Lord hath granted his lovingkindness in the day-time; and in the night-season did I sing of him, and made my prayer unto the God The ungodly seeketh counsel of my life. against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

I will say unto the God of my strength, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I thus heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me?

The Lord shall laugh him to scorn; for he hath seen that his day is coming.

Namely, while they say daily The ungodly have drawn out the unto me, Where is now thy God? sword, and have bent their bow, to Why art thou so vexed, O my cast down the poor and needy, and Boul? and why art thou so disquiet-to slay such as are of a right coned within me? versation.

O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, who is the help of my countenance and my God.

Their sword shall go through their own heart, and their bow shall be broken.

A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than great riches of the ungodly;

SELECTION IV. Psalm 57. Noli emulari. RET not thyself because of the ungodly; neither be thou en-be vious against the evil doers:

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For the arms of the ungodly shall broken, and the Lord upholdeth the zighteous,

The Lord knoweth the days of his way, and he shall promote thee, the godly; and their inheritance that thou shalt possess the land: shall endure for ever. when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it.

They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; and in the days of dearth they shall have enough. As for the ungodly, they shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord! shall consume as the fat of lambs; yea, even as the smoke shall they

I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like green bay-tree.

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I went by, and lo, he was gone: sought him, but his place could no where be found.

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consume away.

Keep innocency, and take heed The ungodly borroweth, and pay-unto the thing that is right; for that eth not again; but the righteous is shall bring a man peace at the last. merciful and liberal. As for the transgressors, they Such as are blessed of God, shall shall perish together: and the end possess the land; and they that are of the ungodly is, they shall be rootcursed of him, shall be rooted out. ed out at the last.

The Lord ordereth a good man's But the salvation of the righteous going, and maketh his ways accept-cometh of the Lord, who is also their able to himself. strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall stand by

Though he fall, he shall not be cast away; for the Lord upholdeth them, and save them; he shall dehim with his hand. liver them from the ungodly, and I have been young, and now am shall save them, because they put old, and yet saw I never the righ-their trust in him. teous forsaken, nor his seed begging

their bread.

SELECTION V.

The righteous is ever merciful, Psalm 1. Beatus vir, qui non and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

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Flee from evil, and do the thing BLESSED is the man that hath that is good, and dwell forevermore. not walked in the counsel of For the Lord loveth the thing the ungodly, nor stood in the way that is right; he forsaketh not his of sinners, and hath not sat in the that be godly, but they are preserv-seat of the scornful:

ed for ever. But his delight is in the law of The unrighteous shall be punish-the Lord; and in his law will he ed; as for the seed of the ungodly, exercise himself day and night. it shall be rooted out.

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, and his tongue will be talking of judgment.

The law of his God is in his heart, and his goings shall not slide.

And he shall be like a tree plantfed by the water-side, that will bring forth his fruit in due season.

His leaf also shall not wither; and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shail prosper.

As for the ungodly, it is not so with them, but they are like the chaff which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.

The ungodly seeth the righteous, and seeketh occasion to slay him. The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. Hope thou in the Lord, and keep'gation of the righteous.

Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, neither the sinners in the congre

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But the Lord knoweth the way and ten thousand at thy right hand; of the righteous; and the way of but it shall not come nigh thee. the ungodly shall perish.

Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou Psalm 15. Domine, quis habita-behold, and see the reward of the bit?

ungodly. ORD, who shall dwell in thy For thou, Lord, art my hope; upon thy holy hill?

very high. Even he that leadeth an uncor- There shall no evil happen umto rupt life, and doeth the thing which thee, neither shall any plague come is right, and speaketh the truth nigh thy dwelling. from his heart:

For he shall give his Angels He that hath ased no deceit in charge over thee, to keep thee in his tongue, nor done evil to his all thy ways. neighbour, and hath not slandered They shall bear thee in their his neighbour :

hands; that thou hurt not thy foot He that setteth not by himself, against a stone. but is lowly in his own eyes, and Thou shalt go upon the lion and maketh much of them that fear adder; the young lion and the dra. the Lorel :

gon shalt thou tread under thy feet. He that sweareth unto his neigh-Because he hath set his love bour, and disappointeth him not, upon me, therefore will I deliver though it were to his own hindrance: him; I will set him up, because

He that hath not given his mo- he hath known my name. ney upon usury, nor taken reward He shall call upon me, and I against the innocent:

will hear him; yea, I am with him Whoso doeth these things, shall in trouble; I will deliver him, and never fall.

bring him to honour. Psalm 91. Qui habitat. With long life will I satisfy him, WH

THOSO dwelleth under the and show him my salvation.

defence of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of SELECTION VI. the Almighty.

From Psalm 32. Beati, quorum. I will say unto the Lord, Thou

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LESSED is he whose unrighte. art my hope, and my strong hold; ousness is forgiven, and whose my God, in him will I trust. sin is covered.

For he shall deliver thee from Blessed is the man unto whom the snare of the hunter, and from the Lord imputeth no sin, and in the noisome pestilence.

whose spirit there is no guile. He shall defend thee under his I will acknowledge my sin unto wings, and thou shalt be safe un- thee; and mine unrighteousness der his feathers; his faithfulness have I not hid. and truth shall be thy shield and I said, I will confess my sins unto buckler.

the Lord; and so thou forgavest the Thou shalt not be afraid of any wickedness of my sin, terror by night, nor for the arrow For this shall every one that is that flieth by day;

godly make his prayer unto thee, For the pestilence that walketh in a time when thou mayest be in darkness, nor for the sickness found; but in the great water foods that destroyeth in the noon-day. they shall not come nigh him.

A thousand shall fall beside thce, Thou art a place to hide me in;

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